As the second comment period for the EPA’s reopened review of passenger vehicle tailpipe standards comes to a close today, a diverse coalition including the Sierra Club, Environment America, Natural Resources Defense Council, the League of Conservation Voters and the Safe Climate Campaign have submitted more than 300,000 comments from members and supporters over the two comment periods calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain strong vehicle standards.
Today, the House Budget Committee passed a budget bill that advances drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California struck down Donald Trump and Ryan Zinke’s attempt to delay a commonsense rule designed to limit methane pollution from oil and gas operations on public lands.
Denver, CO -- Today, the governors of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming signed a memorandum of understanding to create a unified regional electric vehicle plan to allow electric vehicles to recharge and travel easily along the 5,000 miles of freeways in the western region.
Boston, MA -- Following yesterday’s well-attended public hearing, the Boston City Council voted unanimously in support of a resolution to authorize the adoption of a Community Choice Energy (CCE) program in the city.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With the coal industry’s lobbying wing paying big bucks to Donald Trump’s business interests to take up quarters in the Trump Hotel in DC for a conference this week, the Sierra Club offered a bright, shining welcome to those arriving for the festivities. Messages about climate action, the dangers of fossil fuels, and a just and equitable recovery for Puerto Rico were projected on the outside of Trump Hotel last night for all the participants to see -- including the coal executives who’ve been reaping the benefits of the Trump Administration’s assault on clean air, clean water, and climate safeguards and the Administration officials like Rick Perry who have been carrying out those assaults and are joining the conference.
Today, the House Agriculture Committee passed Rep. Westerman’s “Resilient Federal Forests Act,” a piece of legislation that would make clear-cutting forests significantly easier and undermine environmental review. Movement on the legislation follows a directive from Interior Secretary Zinke to land managers across the country to adopt “aggressive and scientific fuels reduction management” and “pre-suppression techniques” to slow Western fires.
Washington, DC -- In a document that is expected to be officially filed in the Federal Register tomorrow, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will propose a one year delay of a rule designed to limit methane pollution from oil and gas operations on public lands. The rule has already withstood legal challenges, as well as an attempted repeal in Congress.
This morning, as Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan testified before the US Senate Banking Committee about the bank’s recent scandals, DC residents urged elected officials to hold Wells Fargo accountable for financing projects that threaten our communities and climate.
Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Scott Pruitt, flouted a significant legal deadline yesterday, declining to implement new, stronger clean air protections against smog pollution by October 2nd - as required by the Clean Air Act.